[The Devil Lurking Behind the Cross] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Devil Lurking Behind the Cross]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: A moustachioed bald man with short horns and angelic wings hides behind a wooden cross, peaking out from behind the shadow, his feet dangling by the base. The image is occasioned by Quixote saying "I have heard say that the devil lurks behind the cross, and all is not gold that glitters".
Image Creator: Tony Johannot (Illustrator); Unknown (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:26732
Language: eng
Source Name: Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: Bohn 1842
Image: mta_26732_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Devil; Fiction; Jesus Christ; Crucifixion